Published: May 4, 2004 8:00 PM

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Rod JohnsonThe Daily JeffersonianCADIZ Tuesdays Division III Sectional baseball game began well enough for Buckeye Trail, as they tallied three runs in their first at bat. Indian Valley regrouped quickly, however, and scored in every inning en route to a convincing 10-3 triumph at Harrison Centrals Bob Mazeroski Field.In the first, Trail greeted Indian Valley starter Armand DiDonato with consecutive singles by Michael Booth, Corey Ripley and Jordan Thompson, the latter of which delivered Booth with the games first tally.Matt Gilmore followed with a sac fly, which scored Ripley. Corey Burt then stroked a single which chased home Thompson with BTs third run. Indian Valley changed pitchers, bringing Joe Roth to the mound in relief of DiDonato.In the bottom of the first, the Braves struck for two as Jay Roth and Anthony Harshey each had RBI singles.It was Kyle Hustons turn to provide the Braves RBI hit in the second, a single which knotted the score at 3-3.Indian Valley (16-10) vaulted into the lead with two runs in the third off BT starter Trever McQuain as Curt Paternoster and Brandon Rennicker each stroked RBI hits.A leadoff single in the Indian Valley fourth brought about a BT change on the mound, with Thompson replacing McQuain. After a walk and a fielders choice, Greg Reichman delivered another run with a sac fly.The Braves tallied two runs in the fifth and sixth with the big blow being a towering, two-run homer by Reichman in the sixth.Following the loss, Buckeye Trail mentor Cory McQuain offered no excuses.Their pitching change was the key to the game, he explained. We had a real good first inning against their starter. Then Roth did a great job of keeping the ball down in the strike zone. He just handled us.We hurt ourselves in the fifth with some baserunning mistakes. If we had scored a couple there, we might have made some late inning noise, McQuain added.That fifth frame saw the Warriors with runners at second and third with just one out. The runner on third got thrown out at home trying to score on a passed ball. Then, the runner on second got picked off for the third out. Roth picked up the pitching win for the Braves in relief, fanning nine and yielding just three hits.McQuain took the mound loss for Trail, dropping his mark to 3-2. For Buckeye Trail (9-11), Ripley paced the offense with a single and a double. NEXTIndian Valley now advances to the sectional final at Cadiz versus Barnesville, set for Thursday at 5 p.m. Buckeye Trail still has a Pioneer Valley Conference game to play at Frontier, but no date for the game has been set.